Phoenix Sky Harbor International in February 2026

80.1%departed on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In February 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 15,656 domestic departures from Phoenix Sky Harbor International (PHX). 80.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.6% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so PHX departures were 2.0 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2025, the airport had 15,458 departures with 83.4% leaving on time: a change of −3.3 points, with flights up 1%.

Flights arriving at PHX that month were on time 82.8% of the time (15,649 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 50%, late-arriving aircraft 34% and national aviation system 14%.

On time 82.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.5%
Cancelled 0.7%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from PHX in February 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Feb 2026	Feb 2025	PHX, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2026
Departed on time	80.1%	83.4%	76.1%	78.1%
Arrived on time	82.6%	84.7%	77.4%	78.3%
Cancelled	0.7%	0.4%	0.9%	2.3%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	12.2 min	10.3 min	15.8 min	15.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	522	515	542	17,168
Scheduled departures	15,656	15,458	197,642	515,037

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	5,144	33%	80.8%	2.9 min	0.2%
AA American Airlines	4,472	29%	84.0%	-0.9 min	0.9%
OO SkyWest Airlines	2,318	15%	77.3%	9.2 min	0.9%
UA United Airlines	843	5%	87.8%	-2.5 min	0.8%
DL Delta Air Lines	785	5%	85.9%	2.2 min	1.3%
MQ Envoy Air	754	5%	88.6%	-5.7 min	1.3%
F9 Frontier Airlines	718	5%	85.9%	-2.9 min	0.4%
AS Alaska Airlines	471	3%	90.7%	-7.1 min	0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	127	1%	66.9%	8.7 min	8.7%
G4 Allegiant Air	24	0%	79.2%	1.2 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
PHX–DEN	Phoenix to Denver	722	82.4%	4.3 min	0.3%
PHX–LAX	Phoenix to Los Angeles	599	84.6%	1.9 min	0.2%
PHX–SEA	Phoenix to Seattle	568	90.0%	-8.3 min	0.2%
PHX–SLC	Phoenix to Salt Lake City	488	83.4%	0.1 min	0.4%
PHX–LAS	Phoenix to Las Vegas	480	85.4%	0.8 min	0.0%
PHX–ORD	Phoenix to Chicago	445	84.7%	-3.9 min	0.0%
PHX–SAN	Phoenix to San Diego	425	79.8%	1.5 min	0.5%
PHX–DFW	Phoenix to Dallas/Fort Worth	400	84.0%	-1.8 min	0.5%
PHX–SNA	Phoenix to Santa Ana	365	84.4%	-0.3 min	0.3%
PHX–SFO	Phoenix to San Francisco	360	80.8%	4.0 min	0.0%
PHX–SMF	Phoenix to Sacramento	291	83.2%	-0.2 min	0.0%
PHX–PDX	Phoenix to Portland	279	87.8%	-1.4 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), February 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	50.3%	38.2%	74,695
Late-arriving aircraft	33.7%	37.2%	49,966
National Aviation System	13.7%	18.5%	20,272
Extreme weather	2.1%	6.0%	3,060
Security	0.3%	0.2%	398

148,391 delay minutes on 2,581 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left PHX on time in February 2026?

80.1% of 15,656 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2025, 83.4% of 15,458 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 80.1% and 0.7% in February 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for February 2026; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for PHX · methodology · corrections.